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R/60 headlight
- Darryl.Richman
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As to why it fell out -- it shouldn't do that. The headlight assembly goes over a fold in the top part of the lip on the headlight bucket, and a piece of spring steel holds a button tight at the bottom. It should fit very snug, you should need to pry them apart at the bottom.
The headlight assembly is made up of a chrome ring, into which a rubber strip, glass lens, and reflector fit, and which are clipped in place with 6 spring clips that look like partly unbent paper clips. The bulb is a standard H4 12V dual filament 55/60W halogen bulb available at any auto parts store.
I hope this helps!
R/60 headlight
- Darryl.Richman
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I believe that the actual H4 bulb (#20 in the drawing) is held into the reflector (#5) with a small wire bail. Undoing the bail should release the bulb.
Never handle the bulb by the glass. The oil on your skin will cause a hot spot and the bulb will fail again soon.
I'm still not completely clear on what parts you need, but if it's the 7" glass disk (#3), you can get that at the dealer or from one of the specialists. If you need the bulb, that should be available at any auto parts store.
R/60 headlight
- Darryl.Richman
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When you get it back together, check out how it mounts on the bucket. Find out why it came off, so it doesn't happen again. This should be a very reliable mounting system. I've put a couple hundred thousand miles on similar bikes and never had the headlight come off the bucket (when I didn't want it to ).
Good luck!